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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/the-elite-college-myth-268c4371?st=zZtGi8&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Excerpt from his new book.  His basic point is that career paths are more affected by personal ties, such as what region you come from, than the brand of the school.  He claims that Ivy-plus outcomes are no different than highly ranked public universities such as Texas, UCLA and Ohio State (although I wouldn't put Ohio in that list, LOL) for most fields.

The problem, of course, is that in the DMV, desirable career paths are affected by the brand of the school, hence the worrying and lamentations on this board.[/quote]

Just [b]6 % [/b]of all students attend a college that has an acceptance rate of &lt;/= 25%.

Perhaps parents should look beyond the top 50 colleges.

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6% is too high.  There are 11MM students at 4 year colleges so that would mean 660k attend those colleges.

There are only like 80 colleges that fit this definition and the average size of the 80 is like 5000 students.[/quote]

Saw a stat of 6% similar to PP on Google.

Point is that there's an inordinate amount of focus on a few colleges. A very small percentage go there.

It's also dumb that there so much debate and disparaging of the elite schools. Bashing  Rice, Vanderbilt,  WashU, etc. Really?

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